Open an Advance Bill job

To view the details and add new items to an Advance Bill job, you need to open it in the Advance Bill job dialog.

In the upper-left corner of the Tekla PowerFab window, click Advance Bill.

The Select Advance Bill Job dialog opens.
Click the job that you want to open in the navigation tree on the left, or use the Find Job command.

Note:
Jobs whose statuses are set to Closed are not shown by default. To show closed jobs, select the Show Closed Jobs checkbox.
Double-click the job, or select it and click Open.

The Advance Bill job dialog opens.

(1) Navigation tree: Allows you to filter items

(2) Display area: Shows a list of material items

(3) Summary: Shows the quantity, length, area, and weight of each item, the current item and assembly, the selected items, all items shown in the display area, and the entire job.

(4) Find: Use the buttons to find items of a specific shape, material grade, or material dimension, or a specific item in the job.

(5) Input area: Allows you to add or modify information for items

(6): The link totals for the selected line item

(7) Links: Allows you to view and manage the linked material items in other modules. If multiple items are selected, the information of the last selected item is shown.

To customize the Advance Bill job dialog according to your preferences, see the instructions in Define company standard settings for Advance Bill.